Registration - WVM 666S Chassis No. - GCATTE00590 M.O.T. - March 2022 Odometer - 10,500 The vendor purchased ‘WVM 666S’ in 2019, by which time it had apparently undergone a restoration and respray from yellow to the current livery of Venetian Red. The still original interior is upholstered in black beta cloth and, by the vendor’s admission, would now benefit from a partial retrim and new headlining. At some stage the factory-fitted Pinto engine has been replaced with one of the same type, but that’s been uprated courtesy of a pair of 48DCOE Weber carburettors and an FR33 fast road camshaft. The suspension nowadays benefits from adjustable Bilstein dampers all round and the brakes from Wilwood replacement units. The vendor has restricted his use to four or five classic car runs, but describes the fast Ford as a ‘solid, beautiful car’, the engine, transmission and bodywork of which he classes as ‘excellent’, the paintwork as ‘good’, and the interior trim as ‘average’. Ford’s long awaited ‘droop snoot’ RS 2000 was launched at the Earls Court show of October 1975. It was the most luxurious of the sporting Escorts of the time (the others being the Mexico and RS 1800), and was powered by an uprated version of the 2.0-litre OHC Pinto unit employed in the Capri, Cortina and Granada – a four-into-two exhaust manifold coupled to a big bore exhaust system raising its output to 110bhp. This was sufficient to help the Escort sprint to 60mph in 8.5 secs and on to a top speed of almost 110mph. The stiff, but very effective, suspension included radius arms on the rear and the foam-filled plastic snout and flexible rear spoiler were said to give a significant reduction in drag. In summary: • The subject of a restoration prior to 2019 • Comes complete with a number of performance upgrades • Recent use restricted to classic car runs
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